Anastasia in Korean 아나스타샤
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Anastasia as 아나스타샤: five syllables, said a-na-seu-ta-sya. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Anastasia letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
스 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
- Give all 5 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's a-na-seu-ta-sya, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 5 syllables 아나스타샤 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 아나스타샤 or 아나스타샤 씨.
Why it's spelled 아나스타샤
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 아나스타시아, but Korean media write 아나스타샤, because the name is written the way it sounds in Russian, not the way it's spelled.
- The Korean spelling comes from the Russian (Cyrillic) form, so it follows Russian pronunciation rather than the English letters.
Type Anastasia on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 아나스타샤 is the jamo ㅇㅏ ㄴㅏ ㅅㅡ ㅌㅏ ㅅㅑ, typed with the keys dk sk tm xk ti. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Anastasia in Korean?
Anastasia is written 아나스타샤 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: anaseutasya). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Russian pronunciation. In Hangul it has five syllables: 아 + 나 + 스 + 타 + 샤.
How do you pronounce Anastasia in Korean?
Say it a-na-seu-ta-sya, with even weight on every syllable. 스 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.